cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31446248

Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.

The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a “Happy Flag Day!”

“Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes our country great,” the department stated Saturday.

The image attached to the post included two small images that appear to represent the Russian flag.

  • limelight79@lemmy.world
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    I heard they were playing “Fortunate Son” during the parade. If that’s true, it HAS to be intentional irony by the DJ. There’s no way anyone could be THAT clueless… right?

    The song is about how the singer was drafted to serve in Vietnam; he didn’t have the connections to get out of it. “I ain’t no millionaire’s son.”

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      A lot of conservatives play rock music thinking they’re the good ones and not the very people the punk rock people are against

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        And then they get mad about how rock went woke if you do manage to get through to them

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    Trump dodged the draft

    Trump bankrupted a casino

    Trump faked his assassination attempt with wwe tricks.

    Trump shits on himself every day.

    Trump cheats on his wife.

    Trump has small stubby sausage fingers.

    Trump has a small stubby mushroom penis.

    Trump has never been in a fight in his life.

    Trump has never won a game of chess in his life.

    Trump has never achieved anything without cheating.

    Trump created concentration camps and created a secret police force to disappear people he finds undesirable.

    Trump is a Nazi.

    If you support him in any way, you are a Nazi.

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      INCORRECT!! WRONG!
      I’ll have you know that he cheated on all his wives, not just wife.
      And he bankrupted many casinos, (plus a holding company for a casino), not just a casino.

      Also he’s a rapist. And a racist. And a convicted criminal.

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    And this isn’t even the first time. During previous presidency they did something similar with displaying Russian military equipment or something like that.

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    Like I said - In LA, people flying Mexican flags aren’t fighting for American Democracy.

    And in the Whitehouse, clearly they’re flying Russian flags and not fighting for (but actively dismantling) American Democracy there.

    I hate being politically consistent. There’s no cognitive dissonance, but you still get…this.

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        Lmao, I’m detecting a pattern here. I’m tagging this guy “flag confused”

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        Bro is out here living life on hard mode. Confidently wrong and proudly lacking context

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        Thank you for sharing that. That discussion by respondents linking nationalism with Nazism is important for others to be mindful of.

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      Nah man. They are. Mexican immigrants are American. I used to proudly open a talk with something similar to “I’m proud of this country for many reasons but most of all because of the concept what an American is. Few countries will give you a title with citizenship. Indian and become a citizen? Boom, you’re American. Immigrate from America to Haiti and you won’t be Haitian. You can’t become an Italian. But anyone can be an American” I’ve since refined and now recently rescinded most of those ideas but the core concept holds. A Chinese American waving a Chinese flag is just as American as a white man waving the American flag. It’s great because you can love your home country, others home countries, and your current country (USA) at the same time because it’s a melting pot that was founded by (not originally inhabited by. We can get into that later) immigrants with the eventual promise of opportunity for any others. Wave that Mexican flag. Scream that the US shouldn’t even deport anybody. You’re an American and everyone gets a say and you wouldn’t be waving another flag here if you didn’t love two countries. Or at least, the people in them.

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      I wasn’t aware you said that, also weird fuckin take. To me, America is a melting pot, fly whatever country’s flag you choose. Take pride in that heritage.

      “White House” is two words.

      Political consistency may not be your strongest suit.

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        Almost all of them are traitors to their country. You won’t see them at protests, and usually they’re just thin-blue-line gang members. They don’t fly the American flag, they fly a rendition of it that’s clearly altered to show their black and white view of the world.

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      no you arnt being consistent at all, Russia is a known enemy of the us, and have agents working for the govt here, mexican people is celebrating thier heritage